Laparoscopic intra-abdominal patent processus vaginalis ligation in pediatric urology practice.

Introduction And Objective: Inguinal hernias and communicating hydroceles from a patent processus vaginalis (PPV) are common problems in children. This study provides a detailed description of the laparoscopic intra-abdominal patent processus vaginalis ligation (LIPPL) procedure along with its results in pediatric urology patients.

Methods: Prospectively collected data were captured from children (<18 years) who underwent LIPPL from 2012 to 2014.

A case of uncomplicated urinary myiasis in a healthy female.

Myiasis is the infestation of a mammal by fly larvae which thrive by feeding on, and occupying the host. Largely a problem in livestock, human infestations in rural tropical areas of the globe are not uncommon. Myiasis may involve the skin, eyes, nasal passages, gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts.

Prostate cancer: endogenous chemical castration.

We report treatment of intermediate risk prostate cancer in a patient with a brief period of androgen deprivation secondary to a pituitary adenoma. This was a patient with intermediate risk prostate cancer diagnosed in the setting of an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA). The patient subsequently demonstrated a decline in PSA along with symptoms of hypogonadism and visual disturbance, and was consequently found to have a pituitary tumour.